narcotraffic
- noun
- /ˈnɑrkəˌtræfɪk/
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narcotráfico
- The rise in narcotraffic has led to increased violence and crime in many urban areas.
- combat narcotraffic
Examples
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The Clinton administration's proposed plan signals an intent to effect a gradual transition from policies that emphasize interdiction as a primary strategy, particularly in transit zones, to ones that stress increasing US cooperation with those countries demonstrating the necessary will in combating the narcotraffic.
Academic text (1993) -
The fourth section focuses on the financial flows involved in narcotraffic, which lead to added investment and consumption in the Florida economy, as well as some added costs.
Academic text (1990) -
The volume of dollars in narcotraffic grew dramatically over the past decade.
Academic text (1991) -
Panama's culture and history, and the illegal narcotraffic now going on in Panama, all testify to this reality.
Academic text (1993) -
Similarly, the narcotraffic participant may have otherwise worked in a productive job, or that person might have sought some other illegal employment or been unemployed.
Academic text (1990) -
Many cities in the Andean countries have had levels of unemployment equal to or higher than that of Medellin, particularly during the early 1980s, yet failed to become major players in the narcotraffic, much less players of like magnitude.
Academic text (1992) -
Finally, regarding narcotraffic, Ecuador does not share the North American diagnosis of the causes and strategic priorities that ought to govern restraint of the drug trade.
Academic text (1992) -
There is yet another factor, unrelated to the issue of regime legitimacy and weak state, which also facilitated Colombia's prominence in the narcotraffic.
Academic text (1992) -
This study is intended to establish a framework for analyzing the economic impact of narcotraffic between Colombia, where most of the world's cocaine is refined, and the State of Florida, which is the primary area of entry for Andean cocaine into the United States.
Academic text (1990) -
The region has struggled to control the growing narcotraffic that has influenced local communities.
Synonyms
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4.6
Illegal buying, selling, or moving of drugs such as heroin
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4.2
Illegal buying and selling of drugs for profit
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word narcotraffic joins narco-, from a Greek word meaning 'numb' and used in narcotic, with traffic, which means 'trade' or 'dealings'. So narcotraffic means the illegal 'trade' in drugs that cause numbness, i.e. the smuggling or selling of narcotic drugs.